Help with Ignition System

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by ajmac

Thinking about it, Windsor Carriers were very late (1944) could someone look up the engine ignition section, perhaps that will cover a Carrier spec Flathead with Crab distributor? I have already been through the T16 manual and it only shows the original Ford 'Divers Helmet' version.

Hi Alastair,
The Windsor's dizzy is contained in a box and the HT leads are metal braided with no conduits used. So of no help to you.

regards, Richard

[ajmac]

Originally Posted by Richard Farrant

Hi Alastair,
The Windsor's dizzy is contained in a box and the HT leads are metal braided with no conduits used. So of no help to you.

regards, Richard

well then.... Bugg*r....

[David Dunlop]

Hi Alastair.

Just a thought on Ford engine manufacturing. It might be a case that Ford's engine plant in Canada was maxed out. With all their commitments for CMP's, various AFV's, etc, they may have had to call in an engine plant from Ford's American operations to fabricate engine parts or entire assemblies. These parts would then likely bear the required Canadian part numbers, but would have had Made in USA markings as well. Their V8 was a very popular engine and I believe there was even a marine version of it commercially available prior to the war.

David

[Lynn Eades]

Alastair, Did i read in one of your posts tht military crab distributor bodies, were made of steel, and not aluminium?
Why the difference?

[ajmac]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

Crab distributor bodies, were made of steel, and not aluminium?
Why the difference?

I'm not 100% sure Lynn but I have always presumed that Aluminium was required for aircraft manufacture during wartime. The last Ford cars built before Ford terminated normal production to concentrate on 'war work' in 1942 I believe had Aluminium bodied Crab distributors, the 59A which was introduced as soon as the war was over switched back to Aluminium bodies.
Talking to the Flathead Hot Rod guys in the US they had never seen a cast iron Crab body; this fits in well as virtually all Flathead manufacture in wartime went overseas.

The other option of course.....Ford Canada tooled up for Cast Iron Crab bodies while Ford USA stayed with Aluminium.


Original Loyd Cast Iron Crab Distributor body.


Cast Iron Crab I found in the UK to rebuild.

[Lynn Eades]

Hi Alastair. Nice Loyd. The generator tray is an odd one. It looks like it takes a fairly small genny. I have not seen your one before. I have the 90 amp genny, (that has the little brackets that go from the housing to the manifold) it looks too big to go on that bracket.
I Bought this dizzy about 5 minutes before you posted. Hopefully it's innards are all there.
I must say the Windsor set up looks complicated. Glad I'm not looking for those bits.

[ajmac]

Looks like a good buy, it appears to be missing the timing adjustment locking screw which is not a big deal to replace. The cap locking clips are made repro in the US by macs, that's where I sourced mine from, along with a rotorarm and cap.